Deze serie combineert op briljante wijze wetenschap en fantasy, en onderzoekt hoe de wetten van ons universum zich manifesteren in een wereld die wordt beheerst door magie en absurditeit. Volg een unieke cast van personages terwijl ze zich verdiepen in natuurkunde, astronomie en de aard van de werkelijkheid zelf. Het is een humoristische maar inzichtelijke reis voor lezers die houden van geestige commentaren en verbijsterende wetenschappelijke concepten, gepresenteerd door een fantastische lens.
When a wizardly experiment goes adrift, the wizards of Unseen University find themselves with a pocket universe on their hands: Roundworld, where neither magic nor common sense seems to stand a chance against logic. The Universe, of course, is our own. And Roundworld is Earth. As the wizards watch their accidental creation grow, we follow the story of our universe from the primal singularity of the Big Bang to the internet and beyond
Acclaimed The Science of Discworld centred around an original Pratchett story about the wizards of Discworld.
They know the creatures who lived there escaped the impending Big Freeze by inventing the space elevator - they even intervened to rid the planet of a plague of elves, who attempted to divert humanity onto a different time track. Can the God of Evolution come to humanity's aid and ensure Darwin writes a very different book?
The fourth book in the Science of Discworld series deals with the really big questions: God, the Universe and Everything Else. Pratchett's brilliant new Discworld story JUDGEMENT DAY is annotated with very big footnotes (interleaving chapters) by mathematician Ian Stewart and biologist Jack Cohen, to bring you a mind-mangling combination of fiction, science and philosophy.